prison

Components
囗 meaning component

  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

enclosure

吾 sound component

  Sound component

  

I, me

Evolution

圄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
圄 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
圄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

prison, jail; prison; to imprison

Most common words with 圄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

身陷囹圄

thrown into prison

囹圄

prison

prison